Definitions
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- noun A brief
glance .
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- noun a quick look around (originally military slang)
Etymologies
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Examples
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One shufti at the Hewitt person would convince the prospective leaper that things weren't as bad as was thought.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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In other words, do you think if she was sort of shufti (ph), verging on senior citizen, that he would have picked her, given her credentials?
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Well, the boffins reckon it's related to the "rubbernecking" concept - the process whereby you try and drive by an accident without having a shufti but "our emotions of concern, fear and curiosity cause us to stare out the window at the accident and slow to a crawl as we drive by"...
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Some sort with a face like a tiger but great big Bristols was running it so I thought I'd go and have a shufti, and I drew a rose.
Maura's Game Cole, Martina 2002
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Can you have a quick shufti round, see the doors are locked, and bring the staff?
The Great California Game Gash, Jonathan 1991
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With his terrible low hairy brow, his glistening nostrils, his blubber tips and stooped gait, one shufti at him would have saved Charles Darwin ten years of intensive research.
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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She gave me the URL, so that I could have a shufti.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Many who hoped to catch a shufti of the chief executive officer Steve Jobs, or the iPhone 4 were somewhat disappointed.
The Money Times 2010
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She gave me the URL, so that I could have a shufti.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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She gave me the URL, so that I could have a shufti.
Army Rumour Service 2010
rolig commented on the word shufti
I came across this word in an unusual way. I was looking for an alternative to the word "look" (in the sense of a "look" into a certain world), and the MS Word Thesaurus gave me "shufti" on its list of synonyms. I had never encountered this word before, but apparently it is British slang (originally military slang) meaning "a quick look around".
May 18, 2011
yarb commented on the word shufti
Most often in the construction "have a shufti". Proper slang though, strictly verbal.
May 18, 2011
bilby commented on the word shufti
There's a usage tucked away on Ġgantija.
May 18, 2011